GEORGE IV Fashion and Functional Garment Stays
OwnerGeorge J. Partsch, IVinventor
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Abstract
An internal garment stay to detachably attach to a garment in the collar, or placket region. The garment may or may not need modification. Preferably, the garment is an off-the-shelf garment requiring no additional modification to receive these stays. The stays can have various configurations to facilitate insertion and usage, such has having appendages, curvatures, cut-outs, catches. Further, the internal stays can work with external stays such that external stays are visible from the outside so as to show a message, a slogan, a style, a logo (e.g., a sports team logo).
Claims33
A garment with a user-shapeable contour of material, wherein a stay is attached internally or externally for purposes of providing a user-desirable shape to said garment, the garment comprising:
- a left placket region and a right placket region, at least one of which having an internal compartment;
- at least one of said stay capable of being detachably received in said at least one internal compartment to provide a shape to the left or right placket region;
- wherein the garment is one selected from a group consisting of a jacket, a shirt, a polo shirt, a sport shirt, a buttoned shirt, a blazer, a suit jacket, a zipper-front jacket, a zipper-front shirt, a coat, a sweater, and a high collar shirt, jacket or coat.
A method of keeping an upright contour in a placket of a shirt, the method comprising:
- providing a detachable stay capable of being inserted in the placket, and remains in the placket, above a third button of the shirt;
- and
- wherein the stay has a main body and a catch on the main body to make abutting contact with a button or a button hole of the shirt, thereby positioning itself within the placket.
A garment stay to allow a wearer to shape a portion of the garment, allowing the shape to hold, comprising:
- a main body;
- a fastener attached to the main body;
- wherein the fastener is one member selected from a group consisting of a clip, a clasp, a magnet, adhesive, and a folded material;
- and
- wherein the main body is adapted to be disposed on a top side of a collar, a collar edge, or both.
A method of propagating a social agenda or a promotional message, said method comprises:
- providing a garment having collars or plackets;
- detachably fasten an internal stay into the collars or plackets;
- detachably fasten an external collar stay onto the collar or placket by way of a clip, a clasp, a magnet, in conjunction with the internal stay, wherein the external collar stay portrays a design, a logo, a message, or a style.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.